Safety-razor.



No. 690,380. v Patented Dec. 3|, 1901 J. TURNER.

SAFETY RAZOR.

'(A lwu on fll d Ap so 1901 (No Model) f/VVE/VTOR:

ggvasiszisi- Ado may UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH TURNER, OF lVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,380, dated December 31, 1 901.

Application filed April 30, 1901f Serial No. 58,116. (No model.) I

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH TURNER, a'citizen of the United States, residing at \Vorces ter, in the county of Worcester and State of e Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its object to provide a safety-razor of such construction that the blade may be conveniently inserted into or removed from its frame or holder and which will also permit the blade to be adj ustably secured in said frame or holder, so that the cuttingedge of the blade may be brought; into proper position relative to theguard-eomb. To this end the frame or blade-holder is provided with a sliding bladeretainer, preferably com prising two spring-arms, which'when the said blade-retainer is in one position will rest upon the back edge of the blade to secure it in place in its holding-clips, but which when shifted to another position permits the blade to be readily insertedor removed from the frame or holdera The blade when in working position is held against'the f ron-t face of the frame or holder by two clips, which are capable of slight adjustment to bring the edge otthe blade into proper position relative'to the guard-comb, but which may be adjusted to compensate for wear of the blade. -Iuthe accompanying drawings, Figure'.i is a front side View of the blade-holder withthe 3 5 blade in' p'osition. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sameafFig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig 4 is a central cross-section of the blade-holder and blade? ';Eig. 5 is a perspective view of the" frame omlrlade-holder. 4o

gral-with which is 'aguard, preferably in .t'lie form of a comb b. The bars 0, forming part wardlyy-turned lugs d, which are tappedjfor the reception of screws 2, beneath the heads of which are washers 1, bearing against 'e'lips 9, having slots through which the said screws pass,-so as to be capable'ofa slight adjustment, said clips 9 having rectangular-lips in and bars the blade h is held.

Referring to the drawings, a dcnotes' the frameor bladeholder, preferably formed; from-a'single piece of sheet metal andll'llie" of the-frame a, are provided with small bac k front of the bars 0, and between which lips Toretain the blade in position in the clips 9, I provide a sliding blade-retainer consisting, preferably, of a plate 2', having-two forwardly-projecting spring-armsj, adapted to rest upon the back edge of the blade h when the arms are in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, but which blade retainer, may be shifted to the 6,o

"positionshown in dotted lines in said figure to permitthe said blade to be inserted into or removed from the holder. The frame or" holder on is provided with a slot 70, through which projects a headed pin m, riveted to the plate 2', and a portion of the said plate is also preferablyprojected upward through the said slot in the form of a tailpiece. n, so that the said pin and tailpiece serve as guides for the plate 11 as the latter is slid forward or backward in the frame to bring it into or remove it from its blade-retaining position. Thus when it is desired to insert the blade in the frame 0; holder the plate '11 is shifted backward to HIV position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus removing the spring-arms j from over the blade h, and when the blade has been inserted in place the said plate is shifted for wardlintothe position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, 'so that the spring-arms j will press gently upon the top or back of the blade 71, and thus press the same into the clips'g, and thereby securely retain the said blade in place in the holder. The portionof the frame or blade-holder a on which the sliding blade-retainer ismounted is curved, and the said blade-retainer,- comprising the plate'i and the spring-arms j, is also curved,'(before the-:parts are assem'-- 'bled,) but preferably on the arc of a circle of slightly greater radius than the frame to insure a proper frictional hold of the blade-retainer 'and"'the frame, and thus as the said blade'retainer is slid intoor out of its bladeholding position it movesin a curved .path, 5 causing the arm j to press on the back of the blade 7:. when the blade-retainer is moved forward, but causing said arms to-be lifted away from" the said blade as the retainer is moved backward, the friction between the sliding we blade-retainer and frame having a tendency to hold said retainer in its operative position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- 0nb v 1. In a safety-razor, the combination with a frame or holder provided with a guard and with means for holding the blade in proper position'reletive to said guard, of a, sliding blade-retainer mounted on the said frame or holder and comprising the plate 2' mounted on said frame or holder independently of the handle of the device and provided with two, forwardly-projecting spring-arms which may be shifted into position to engage the back of the blade and thereby retain the same in place in the holder. v v

2. In esafetyfazor, the combination-with the frame or holder a provided with a, guard and with front bars 0 having lugs d, of clipsg adjustablyseenred to said lugs and having lips to engage vthe front; face of the blade and hold it against the said bars 0, and a sliding blade-retainer mounted on said frame or holder and having spring-arms adapted to he brought into position to engage the back of the blade and th us retain it in position in said clips and against said bars.

3.111 a safety-razor the combination with the frame a provided with a guard-comb Z), front bars 0 and a, slot 1;, of the clips g for holdingthe blade against the said bars 0, and the sliding plate z' having spring-arms j and provided with ajgu'ide-pin m and tailpiece n projecting through the said-slot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH TURNER.

GEO. .W. REA; 

